Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	20.20	Month:	20.20	Year:	1868.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						353.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						137.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						440.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						270.65
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						40.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10

Sun, Oct 19, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.25

Country Roads - 10.25 miles, averaged 7:40. Did some strides.

Tried to connect to one of the trails I've yet to explore but the route I took wasn't super safe. You get out of Chestnut Hill and it's all beautiful farmland, but not great for safe running. Lots of sheep and other critters.

Snagged a pair of A6s. I am retiring lots of shoes and selling some that I won't end up wearing. Really good sockless. HUGE update from the 5s. Not sure if it is a marathon shoe for me. Need some more runs. As responsive as my Newton flats (which I wore for my last marathon) and even lighter, but they are more forgiving with the 4mm as opposed to 0mm drop. I may just play it Safety BoB and run in a new pair of Kinvara 5s.

I'm really taking a cutback week this week (was supposed to last week, but even cutting out doubles didn't quite do it). Doing my tuneup half next week end. My #1 goal is to win the race.

Concrete Falls/Fails Miles: 1.00	Saucony A6 Miles: 10.25

Weight: 171.60

Comments

From Jake K on Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 17:19:42 from 98.202.128.218

It's a great racer. I sort of wish they'd take it to 8mm and leave everything else as is.

I've only worn them sockless for hiking and rappelling and can assure you they work great for that, too.

From Jason D on Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 17:36:23 from 68.80.27.222

I may try them as slippers watching Walking Dead later.

It's amazingly comfortable out of the box. Very good stuff from them lately. I'm guessing my crazy wide feet are going to bust the mesh but that happens on my Newton flats too. For the price difference I'm not that committed to Newton ($125 versus $72 on sale)

From Tom K on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:04:03 from 68.56.238.126

Jason, I'm sure someone has shown this to you before:

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/09/18/rocky-training-run-rocky-ii/

If I lived there, I would try to pick off parts of this run. Well, except for the running "through a scary cars-only tunnel" part.

From Jason D on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:13:20 from 68.80.27.222

I have seen it, Tom, but thanks for sharing. I've run along Kelly Drive (and raced on it too). Miles 20-23 or so are where I have been.

The Rocky Steps are about 11 miles from my place and I haven't done the "Rocky Steps Out and Back" as I planned to, but depending on how long I am here I am sure it will happen. Not sure about the whole course but people do do it!

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